The Development of Hindu Iconography c7.49
The Development of Hindu Iconography c7.49
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c7.49
Changes introduced in the religious outlook of the Indians by the element of Bhakti rise to importance of a class of deities described in some texts as Vyantara Devatās, 335-3. Yakṣas in early Indian literature, 337-38; Yakṣa shrines in Buddhist, Jaina, epic and Purāṇic texts, 338; textual descriptions of Yakṣa images, 338-40; some early Yakṣa images, 340-41; Yakṣa Candramukha at Amaravati, 341-42; Yakṣas, named and unnamed, at Bharhut, 342-44.